The contents: a CD...Meaghan Smith, "The Cricket's Orchestra".
I first heard her on the "(500) Days of Summer" soundtrack (also worth checking out), and I thought Wow, who is that? I love her voice!Of course Googling her was the next step! She is a new-ish Canadian artist from London, Ontario, whose work is inspired by music of the 20's, 30's and 40's.
In her bio, she writes,
"[I] decided to create my musical world by using a string quartet, an eight-piece horn section, guitars, keys, upright bass, a clarinet, some flutes, and even an Omnichord. We used Mellotron samples in place of a modern band because we loved the quirky, vintage vibe they brought to the songs, and topped it all off with some turntable scratches. The result is an ideal blend of old and new."She also admits to watching lots of animated movies and old musicals, even listing "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" as a favorite!
That's when I knew I'd like her.
I've just finished listening to the entire CD once through, and I really enjoyed it. There is definitely that nostalgic vintage sound the brings old black & white movies to mind, which I adore, but her voice comes through soft and clear. Very, very, easy to listen to. Think Norah Jones meets Mary Poppins.Its very different from most stuff you hear these days...a refreshing blast from the past.
Music samples can be found here, or watch this music video...
7 comments:
I don't know how to do that either. I'm seriously technologically challenged.
She's cute! Her video looks precious.
I'll have to check out her music when I get a spare moment.
Nice review!
To embed a video they put the html coding for it in the same box with the "more info" about the video on the right hand side of the page.
You'll see the url and below that the embedding code. Just copy and paste into the blogger box - but you have to past while in the "edit html" mode of blogger when you're creating the post.
Try it and let me know how you make out. :P
If you like old movies, you should check out Matthew's 1001 top movies book he got for Christmas. Lots of them are older ones. That could take a lifetime to go through!
She is good, I like her.
Not that she's that similar at all, but have you heard of Zooey Deschanel's band "She & Him"? It's good stuff. It's more 50's ish style, but still good. I'm sure she did some of the music for 500 Days of Summer as well...
Good stuff. :)
Thanks Bekah! One more step taken towards being an accomplished blogger...
Mrs Lefebvre, I might just have to do that...watching old movies is something I have not done enough of. I need to educate myself in the classics.
Ryan, had you heard of her before? That is awesome. There is a "She & Him" song on that soundtrack, but I didn't particularly like it. Maybe I would like some of their other stuff tho.
No, I hadn't heard of Meaghan before, but I went and listened to all her songs on myspace before writing that comment. :)
She & Him, I've had their album for almost a year, I quite enjoy it, though definitely not all their songs are up there. It was a little more experimental at the time. The song on the soundtrack is not one on the album and I haven't heard of it.
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